HORSE SPORT IRELAND: IRELAND'S AOIFE CLARK FINISHES SIXTH IN EVENTING INDIVIDUAL FINAL; TEAM FINISH FIFTH IN OLYMPIC GAMES

Source:  News Release/Colin McClelland

 

 

 

 

IRELAND'S AOIFE CLARK FINISHES SIXTH IN EVENTING INDIVIDUAL FINAL
IRISH EVENTING TEAM FINISH FIFTH IN OLYMPIC GAMES

 

 

DUBLIN-born Aoife Clark added to Ireland's Eventing success at the Olympics this afternoon (Tuesday) by finishing seventh in the Individual Final.

The 30 year-old, riding the bay gelding Master Crusoe, qualified for the final with a textbook clear show jumping round in this morning's Team Final, and repeated the magic this afternoon to end the day on 52.50 penalties, just 11.9 points behind Germany's Individual Gold Medallist Michael Jung.

Mullingar's Joseph Murphy with the 11 year-old Electric Cruise also went clear in the individual final, finishing 14th overall, while Wicklow's Mark Kyle and Coolio had four faults to complete the afternoon in 21st place.

The Irish team, which included Camilla Speirs and Michael Ryan, both eliminated after falls on the cross country course yesterday, claimed an historic fifth place finish in the Eventing team competition.

All the Irish Olympic mounts were Irish Sport Horses. 

A SUPERB show jumping display from Ireland 's three remaining riders Aoife Clark, Joseph Murphy and Mark Kyle saw Ireland finish fifth in the team competition at the Olympic games today (Tuesday).

Superb clears from Aoife Clark and Joseph Murphy and solid six penalty round from Mark Kyle saw Ireland move up from overnight eighth. All three go through to this afternoon's Individual Eventing Final, which involves a second round of show jumping.

Ireland lost two team riders to falls during the cross country phase yesterday (Monday) - Camilla Speirs and Michael Ryan - so had no discard score available today. They nevertheless finished ahead of favourites Australia and the United States. Thirteen nations took part.

 

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